Charlotte Mayor Roberts says changing HB2 is ‘up to the General Assembly’
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said Monday she was heartened by the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the state of North Carolina over House Bill 2.
“I applaud that Charlotte’s values are the values that the nation holds,” Roberts told the media after a City Council meeting.
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Last week, Roberts, a Democrat, met with the top Republican legislative leaders about HB2. During the meeting, Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore proposed that Charlotte take a symbolic vote to repeal its nondiscrimination ordinance. In return, the General Assembly might modify HB2.
That idea doesn’t appear to have the support of Roberts or a majority of the City Council.
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